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Bloomberg reports that Spar's chief information technology executive Mark Huxtable has resigned from the South African food and liquor retailer, not long after a rocky implementation of a R1.8 billion software system.
The move to the SAP software resulted in various integration and distribution issues that caused interruptions in stock deliveries to stores and lost sales. The SAP software project cost Spar about R786 million in lost first-half wholesale turnover. The retailer said on Friday that Huxtable’s departure was for personal reasons and he would leave the Durban-based company at the end of the month. It added that the problems with the SAP systems had been worked on and stores were again being serviced. Spar’s SA technology executive Brett McDougall will step in to support the team, chairman Mike Bosman indicated. SAP said it was unable to comment on behalf of its customers. The grocer has lost a number of executives this year, including its former CEO Brett Botten and ex chairman Graham O’Connor who resigned over governance issues.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Loni Prinsloo at Fin24
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